Friday, July 29, 2005

More than 500 people killed in Indian floods

According to this article, from today's Guardian, more than 500 people have been killed by landslides, floods and building collapses in India, following heavy rainfall:

More than half the deaths were in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, a city of 15 million, where the roads began to clear last night. At one point rumours of a burst dam caused a stampede in which at least 15 people were killed, including seven children. After more than a metre of rain fell in one day, meteorologists said the city could expect more rain in the next couple of days but the eye of the storm appeared to be moving north to Gujarat.